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The Last Witch Hunter
PG13 (SINGAPORE)
2019
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The Last Witch Hunter
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Negative reviews
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2.0
Say what you will about the Joseph Campbell style heros journey, but at least its better than the heros contract extension.
Av Club
1.5
But this is Diesels vehicle, and theres a sparky, pleasant chemistry between he and Leslie.
Den Of Geek
2.0
It should be crazy fun on paperVin Diesel murders witches with a flaming sword!but the only thing The Last Witch Hunter will successfully eradicate is ..
EW
3.8
The Last Witch Hunter may be corny at heart, but its cool enough to convince you otherwise while its creators sell you a story youve seen some iterati ..
Rogerebert
1.5
Despite a pre Halloween release date, the pic is more gung ho than gooseflesh inclined in genre; either way, its unlikely to mint the franchise threat ..
Variety
2.5
And so a concept that could have been daft and delightful if only a pinch of levity had been tossed into its cauldron instead ends up lackluster and m ..
We Got This Covered
1.5
Filled with cardboard characterizations from otherwise excellent actors Michael Caines 36th Dolan is baldly Batmans Alfred in a clerical collar, and W ..
Austin Chronicle
1.0
Otherwise this is a relentlessly unengaging affair, its derivative and logic deficient script matched by flat direction and fussy, unconvincing CGI.
Time Out
2.0
Its hokey as hell, but The Crazies director Breck Eisner plays it like a video game and keeps the teen fan boy market onside by ensuring that you cant ..
The Guardian
1.0
Did Vin Diesel watch the 2013 film Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters and say to his associates in that trademark rumbly voice: Yeah.I want to make an act ..
The Guardian
3.1
Vin Diesels lifelessness flies in the face of the films more original and ultimately transitory surface pleasures.
2.5
Im not saying this premise isnt ridiculous it is but from the skewed vantage point of a crime thriller, its kind of fun.
1.5
And if the imminent retirement isnt enough of a peril signifier, the thunderously doom laden score leaves little room for doubt.
Screen Daily
2.0
Watching The Last Witch Hunter is like sitting by while someone else plays a game whose coolness eludes us.
Vulture
3.0
Clearly aiming to be the first chapter in a big budget action franchise, Vin Diesels latest star vehicle is a $90 million supernatural thriller which ..
The Hollywood Reporter
1.5
Director Eisner helmed the excellent remake of George R. Romeros The Crazies back in 2010, but this film shows none of the lunatic flair for the ghast ..
1.5
A smorgasbord of empty calories, the Vin Diesel vehicle The Last Witch Hunter, for all its overstuffed visuals, leaves you hungry.But not for more.
The New York Times
3.0
As expected, one shouldnt look for nuance in any of the characters.
Paste Magazine
2.5
The Last Witch Hunter delivers a lackluster fantasy plot and bland, one note characters.
IGN
2.0
When you first see Vin Diesel in this thoroughly silly fantasy adventure spanning 800 years and every cliche imaginable, you notice something very odd ..
Telegraph
1.0
The Last Witch Hunter is one of those artlessly restless, exposition dialogue fantasy action slogs that, thanks to Breck Eisners untamed direction, ne ..
1.3
Theres enough goodwill for Diesel that hell survive this mess, which is clearly intended to kick off a franchise.
San Francisco Chronicle
1.5
What you get instead is Vin Deisel and Elijah Woods characters battling enemies with one liners that seldom land on their target.
The Young Folks
2.0
Diesel is comfortably watchable as the unstoppable immortal (when not chewing on hand me down Wookiee chin fuzz) but even his rumbling charms cant sav ..
1.5
The saddest part is that the film has all the building blocks to be a great fantasy ride, and Diesel is clearly enthused to be a part of it.
Cinema Blend
2.0
The Last Witch Hunter offers enough slick action and sharp visuals to warrant a trip to the theater for supernatural horror and/or Vin Diesel fans but ..
Screen Rant
2.5
The most significant blow to Eisners film is the constant reminder that it could be continued.
The Globe And Mail
1.5
Being a witch hunter is apparently harder than it looks.Playing one made even the venerated Jeff Bridges look bad: In Seventh Son, the dude did not ab ..
Philly
3.0
Accordingly, there are acrobatic battles with flaming swords, blazing shotguns and CGI ghouls aplenty.
2.0
Then there are the visual effects, which are numerous but among the least special of any big budget spectacle in memory.
One Guys Opinion
3.0
The story works out like you might expect.The joys are in the way director Breck Eisner, like Diesel, is earnest about this goofiness.
Village Voice
1.3
And would Vin Diesel still have a career if the Fast and Furious franchise earned the sort of returns it so richly deserves
Rogers Movie Nation
2.5
Unfortunately, a film needs more than Diesels Stallone ish appeal to succeed and thats where The Last Witch Hunter is found lacking.
ReelViews
2.0
Turning Pitch Black into series didnt quite work out as planned, overestimating the appeal of the glum lead character, Riddick.
Blu Ray
3.0
The special effects are pretty neat, and the filmmakers utilize them smartly, delivering imaginative set pieces that are more visually compelling than ..
Chicago Reader
1.9
Instead, the movie is content to stand its ground, assured of its place in the realm mediocrity.
Mark Reviews Movies
1.0
Finding out that Vin Diesel is an aficionado of the fantasy role playing game Dungeons & Dragons is a bit like discovering that Katie Price is big on ..
The Times
2.0
And so we are disappointed, not because The Last Witch Hunter is bad (we sort of expected that), but because its not even the enjoyable kind of bad.
Eric Ds Nider
3.0
Its expertly cast from a talent pool with a host of mythological adventure credits between them, meaning they have that crucial self awareness factor ..
Radio Times
1.5
Its really just a mishmash of plot points and story beats from all of those works, but again without any wit or flair or new wrinkles.
Screen It
2.0
The special effects are nifty but the plotting is both messy and preposterous.
Independent
2.3
But the narrative elasticity of magic you can do whatever you want, whenever you want, to whomever you want makes for a weightless story with little l ..
The Wrap
3.1
Rounded out by Elijah Wood and Michael Caine as Kaulders priestly valets, plus a memorable Dawn Olivieri as a hookah puffing femme fatale, the spirite ..
News Day
1.3
Theres a pact that witches will be left alone unless they harm humans, but what penalty is there for screenwriters who harmed my human ears with dialo ..
New York Post
1.0
What you do need to take seriously is the threat of a sequel happily ensconced in the films climax.
Hindustan Times
2.0
Its not quite bad, but it isnt good either.At best, its backup option, a dollar theater flick on a night with tempered expectations.
Deseret News (Salt Lake Ci ..
2.0
The Last Witch Hunter, featuring Vin Diesel at his most gravelly and impassive, is a supernatural adventure with an overwhelmingly plodding quality.
Smh
2.0
There is much consternation along with convoluted plotting, assorted duplicities, romance, the revelation that Kaulder is the worlds biggest sucker, e ..
Mountain X
3.0
This one is modeled afterwhat elseDiesels Dungeons & Dragons character.Thankfully, the Fast & Furious star has an admirable commitment to the preposte ..
Npr
1.5
If this were Law & Order: Black Magic, which it almost seems like it wants to be, itd be a helluva lot more interesting than it is.
1.9
You can take the man out of the car, but you cant take the gas out of Vin Diesel.
Toronto Star
1.0
Discovering what the enjoyably ambiguous title is all about is worth the wait, too.
Daily Mail
1.0
Vin Diesel (centre) might not be the finest actor around, but he certainly has the deepest voice Much the same is true of the film itself.
Daily Mail
2.0
Diesel fails to convince in his role. His delivery is mostly flat and rarely do any of the one liners hit their mark. Its a story of sorcery seriously ..
Flim List
2.0
Most surprising and disappointing though, the movie has very little action at all.
Flickering Myth
2.0
So now Vin Diesel makes Nic Cage movies.The Last Witch Hunter, not to be confused with Cages 2011 effort Season of the Witch, is clearly meant to be t ..
Boston Herald
1.9
Its too self reflective to be an entertaining mess of unintentional hilarity, but none of the actual scripted punchlines land.
Chicago Tribune
1.9
And this odd couple wont let absurd plot twists or sludgy special effects stand in the way.
Boston Globe
2.5
Magical quibbling and narrative logic aside, The Last Witch Hunter isnt a bad film.Its Vin Diesels dream, and the fact that it exists is deeply strang ..
Uproxx
2.5
It enhances the unreality of Witch Hunters world while decreasing its scale its hard to be epic when there are only three or four people around at any ..
2.5
Even when conspicuously fumbling for a finale that might leave everyone hanging out for a sequel, which would be really pushing the friendship.
Herald Sun
3.0
Its a shame, too, because at the center of the fiasco is a Vin Diesel performance that serves as a reminder of how oddly charismatic the actor can be ..
Consequence Of Sound
2.0
It knows its appeal Vin Diesel fights aliens in the darkness and delivers accordingly.
Vox
2.0
Just take the Fast & Furious franchise, which thrives in being fanciful and overstated.
Hey U Guys
1.5
This is a $70 million movie with A list stars who really should have known better and fails to deliver much more than the odd bit of interesting monst ..
Film Ink
3.0
Well, times running out, but for those looking for something slick and supernatural and just a bit goofy, THE LAST WITCH HUNTER is an enjoyable treat ..
Maki At The Movies
2.0
Like most Vin Diesel films, this lacks wit and subtlety, going full throttle instead on action thrills.
Digital Spy
1.0
This is clearly designed to kick off an exciting new supernatural franchise.
Star Burst Magazine
2.0
But hard as they both try with this cheesy supernatural saga, the often incoherent and repetitive plot doesnt have enough thrilling action to redeem i ..
Nz Herald
2.0
If you do have a soft spot for films where magic rubs up against everyday life you might find something to enjoy here.
Flicks
1.0
An enjoyably awful movie is always a good time, especially in a theater full of people eager to laugh at terrible dialogue and extravagant failures.
Screen Crush
3.0
Vin Diesel makes a bid for yet another franchise with a supernatural action romp thats both deeply ridiculous and enjoyably entertaining.
Contact Music
1.5
Sans fun, this film is full of itself.Or maybe its just full of it.
Film Racket
2.0
For the Halloween offering that its studio hoped it would be, its all trick and no treat.
Killer Movie Reviews
2.0
The cast are largely perfunctory, even Caine, who spends most of the film comatose, summing up the overall acting style.
Scmp
1.5
Ultimately, though, the action is outweighed by the eye rolling dialogue and lifeless storytelling.
Ign
2.0
This is all too bland, too serious.The characters needed a significant injection of charisma.
The Film Pie
3.5
But I enjoyed it for what it is.Probably a lot depends on how you feel about Vin Diesel.
Io9 Gizmodo
2.5
You can accuse Diesel of playing an immortal version of Dominic Cooper, his character from The Fast and the Furious films, and you would be exactly ri ..
Punch Drunk Critics
1.5
Michael Caine calmly explaining how it all works.On paper, this sounds like ridiculous and fun.
Straight
2.0
There are entertaining elements, just not enough to make the film worth recommending.
Movie Web
2.0
(Couldnt they have just made her wicked and left it at that).Its a B movie, but its not a bad B movie.
Sandiego Reader
2.5
But even the considerable talents of Elijah Wood and Michael Caine (who seem stuck playing advice dispensing assistants) cannot make this any more tha ..
Straits Times
2.0
Instead were stuck in a derivative action movie thats like Van Helsing with all the joy sucked out of it.
One Room With A View
1.9
This sort of makes sense, given that this PG 13 movie has been made for 12 year olds who prefer frenetic action sequences to genuine emotions and real ..
Daily Herald
1.5
The Last Witch Hunter isnt terrible but it is in no way good.Its an adequate straight to video time waster that seems to have accidentally been given ..
Crave Online
2.0
And it turns out the same is true of reviewing the film; I could go on and on about incomprehensible action and the forced, over explained subtext in ..
What Culture
1.0
The film refuses to say definitively, serving up instead a playful mix of documentary and fiction.
Scots Man
2.5
Taking the Michael Vin Diesels fantasy vehicle, a distant and unloved cousin of New York based adventures Highlander and Ghostbusters, is like a gash ..
The Ooh Tray
1.9
There is the gritty crime drama (A Man Apart), the wacky family comedy (The Pacifier), and the action heavy attempt at a new franchise (xXx).
Movie Mezzanine
1.5
The movie is an obvious attempt to kick start a franchise, but director Breck Eisner lacks a flair for good cheap thrills, and he cant give the story ..
reason
3.0
What The Last Witch Hunter really has going for it is Vin Diesel. His character isnt particularly layered and he takes few to no risks with how he pla ..
Scifi Now
1.5
Witch Hunter has a few decently funny bits, mostly thanks to Caine and Wood, but the movie is terrible.But at least its sincerely terrible, like some ..
Lainey Gossip
2.5
Ten minutes after youve seen it, youll have forgotten all about it.
Seattle Times
1.3
I say from some experience that theres a lot to recommend in a good ol game of Dungeons and Dragons, especially if you have a little imagination.
National Post
1.0
Synopsis Seven hundred year old witch hunter Kaulder (Vin Diesel) was cursed with immortal life when he slayed the Queen Witch (Julie Engelbrecht) cen ..
Sky
2.5
Its a winning, whacky, hugely enjoyable slice of Australiana that begins with a whisper and ends with a heck of a bang.Exuberant and brash, cheeky and ..
Tiny Url
2.0
A witch would have to cast a spell over me to make me sit through this big, dumb, dull, dud again.
Movie Mom
2.0
Im tempted to say this movie blows and leave it at that but, dammit, I cant.
Media Mikes
1.5
So The Last Witch Hunter fails to find the right tone.It is not even bad enough to be good camp comedy.
Toronto Sun
1.0
A predictable and failed attempt to create a new franchise for Vin Diesel.
1.5
But the actual movie in front of us feels thin; it arranges borrowed ideas into a legitimately interesting world and then skates across its surface.
Grant Land
1.5
The only smells wafting from this cauldron are the odour of silliness and stench of stupidity.
Vue Weekly
3.0
Fans of Game of Thrones will love this because its like all of the silly parts without any of the rigorous thinking.
Mash Able
2.5
There isnt anything particularly memorable about it, but its nowhere near the trainwreck people are making it out to be.
Bloody Disgusting
2.0
Diesel is fast and furious enough to deliver the Conan the Barbarian level dialogue (The benefit of eternal life is that I get to kill you twice!) wit ..
Richard Crouse
2.0
Like Underworld, ancient mythology is juxtaposed with the modern world.The latter is at the forefront here because this is not a medieval story.
Impulse Gamer
4.5
Vin Diesel delivers on his leading man role in this action packed film.
3.0
At first, living forever doesnt seem so bad.Dont most of us wish we could live forever
Abc News Go
1.9
Such is the irony of performance the harder you try to be funny, the less funny you are, and the harder you try to be serious, the funnier you are.
MLive.com
2.5
The Last Witch Hunter (PG 13) ** As nonchalant, confident and (not coincidentally) muscled as ever, Vin Diesel is an immortal warrior charged with enf ..
Commercial Appeal
3.0
Gonzo fantasy adventure in an over the top way you rarely encounter anymore.
4.5
These women were warriors, their story deserves to be told, and director Sarah Gavron does a fine job with a classically filmed production.
L.A. Biz
2.0
The film is based in the Middle Ages at the time of the Black Death.But how good is the new movie
Liver Pool Echo
3.0
... Essentially consists of everyone involved hoping this is successful enough to make sequels.
Stardem
2.0
The Last Witch Hunter doesnt lack effort but it lacks the energy to make it seem effortless.
Alternative Lens
1.5
Despite being over 800 years old, Kaulder still manages to come off as arrogant and cocky instead of wise and confident.
Bangkok Post
3.0
Picture Harry Potter for Emo kids. No wonder theres already a sequel in the works. Brood on, Vin.
Google
1.3
The Last Witch Hunter manages to be both overly complicated and painfully predictable at the same time.
Fres Nobee
1.5
Its not entirely dull, but theres very little about it thats exciting, either.
KCCI (Des Moines, IA)
2.5
Ho hum, except that its all set up for a sequel, and I wouldnt bet against it. Vin Diesel is a hard man to kill.
Ex Press
3.1
Yes, its as preposterous as it soundspossibly even more sobut the rampant hooey is kept stylish and relatively fleet footed by director Breck Eisner, ..
City Weekly
4.5
It is fabulously entertaining.It is the most Vin Diesel project of all time.
Buzz Feed
1.5
While itd be easy to scoff at his pet rock visage leading a magical fantasy, the actors immeasurable sincerity and on screen charm sell even the worst ..
Four Three Film
1.5
This movie is a waste of time, not even the special effects save it.
1.9
However, Vin Diesel is definitely not the kind of actor who can effortlessly coast through a film by dint of his rakish wit and charm.
Baltimore Magazine
1.5
As an exercise in D&D like world building, The Last Witch Hunter largely succeeds.
1.9
Nevertheless, the consensus is that sometimes high tech jumbled junk is one enthusiasts treasured and enjoyable guilty pleasure worth its mindlessness ..
SF Crowsnest
2.0
Unfortunately, while its not without its moments, the film is decidedly cheesy, and is let down by disappointing action sequences, a script thats full ..
Wow 247
2.5
Does it work Yes, mostly because of Diesel and Leslie, who clearly love this kind of loony fun.
Hono Lulu Pulse
1.5
If youre willing to put the faults in the script aside, youll have an entertaining movie with good action sequences and humor.
1.5
Its not even a letdown because you could see from the start it was going to fail.
LaButaca.net
1.5
Well manufactured but no strokes of genius here, the best thing of it is that Vin Diesel and Micahel Cane are in it.
La Vanguardia (Spain)
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